synthetic detergent
Americannoun
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The most notable example of P. & G.'s habit of competing with itself was its introduction of the synthetic detergent.
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Syndet stands for synthetic detergent.
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The Government charged that in 1932 Henkel, one of the world's biggest soapmakers, licensed some of its synthetic detergent patents to Procter & Gamble, Du Pont, and Richards Chemical Co.
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I mean a brand new synthetic detergent.
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